Mike Whiter

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Earth
04/15/22

This City Is Raising Its Benches To Bring Awareness to Sea Level Rise

Danish broadcasting company TV 2 Denmark launched the campaign ‘Our Earth - our responsibility,’ to show what city benches might look like in the face of the climate crisis and rising sea levels.

Earth
04/15/22

High-Income Countries Are Sending Plastic Waste to Low-Income Ones

An analysis of global trade data from nonprofit Basel Action Network (BAN) found that even after agreeing to new rules on plastic waste exporting, the U.S., Canada, the European Union, and others still sent hundreds of millions of tons of plastic waste to other countries, where it’s typically sent to landfills, burned, or left to litter the environment.

Earth
04/14/22

This Caviar Is Grown in a Laboratory

Scientists from London-based Caviar Biotec in conjunction with University College London have bioengineered cells from a fish’s egg sac into lab-grown caviar.

Earth
04/12/22

This Company Is Trolling Congress for Its Inaction on the Climate Crisis

Plant-based egg company JUST Egg is using Earth Month to launch a campaign calling out lawmakers for not doing enough to combat the climate crisis.

Earth
04/12/22

U.S. Indigenous Communities To Receive $46M for Climate Resilience

Indigenous communities in the U.S. are set to receive $46 million in climate resilience funding.

Earth
04/09/22

Pinterest Has Outright Banned Climate Misinformation

Pinterest announced a new policy on April 6 that aims to stop climate misinformation in its tracks.

Earth
04/08/22

Health Impacts From Factory Farms Expected To Soar in U.S.

World Animal Protection (WAP) released a report on April 7, 2022, highlighting the impacts of industrial livestock systems in the U.S.

Earth
04/08/22

U.S. Zoos Are Moving Birds Indoors As Avian Flu Spreads

Tens of millions of turkeys and chickens have been killed across the U.S. in an attempt to limit the spread of the avian flu, and zoos are trying to prevent captive birds from meeting the same fate by hiding them away from potential sources of infection.

Earth
03/28/22

NYC-sized Ice Shelf Collapses in East Antarctica

An East Antarctica ice shelf about the size of New York City that shielded the Conger and Glenzier glaciers from warmer water collapsed in mid-March 2022.

Earth
12/27/21

Microplastics Found By Scientists Even in 'Clean' Air

Scientists from French national research institute CNRS sampled air in the French Pyrenees from nearly 10,000 feet above sea level between June and October of 2017.

Earth
12/27/21

Malaysian Couple Celebrates Wedding Despite High Floodwaters

Sofiyah and Zulhilmi Nabilah followed through with their wedding reception in Malaysia on December 19, despite the fact that knee-deep floodwaters encroached on their reception site.

Earth
12/27/21

Walmart Sued for Allegedly Dumping Toxic Waste

On December 20, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a lawsuit against Walmart for allegedly illegally dumping more than 1 million batteries, aerosol cans, cleaning supplies, electronic waste, and other hazardous waste into California landfills annually.